Institutions of Christian religion framed out of Gods word, and the writings of the best diuines, methodically handled by questions and answers, fit for all such as desire to know, or practise the will of God. Written in Latin by William Bucanus Professor of Diuinitie in the Vniuersitie of Lausanna. And published in English by Robert Hill, Bachelor in Diuinitie, and Fellow of Saint Iohns Colledge in Cambridge, for the benefit of our English nation, to which is added in the end the practise of papists against Protestant princes.

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Title: Institutions of Christian religion framed out of Gods word, and the writings of the best diuines, methodically handled by questions and answers, fit for all such as desire to know, or practise the will of God. Written in Latin by William Bucanus Professor of Diuinitie in the Vniuersitie of Lausanna. And published in English by Robert Hill, Bachelor in Diuinitie, and Fellow of Saint Iohns Colledge in Cambridge, for the benefit of our English nation, to which is added in the end the practise of papists against Protestant princes.
Author: Bucanus, Guillaume.
Publication: Printed at London :: By George Snowdon, and Leonell Snowdon [, and R. Field],; 1606.
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Cite this Item: "Institutions of Christian religion framed out of Gods word, and the writings of the best diuines, methodically handled by questions and answers, fit for all such as desire to know, or practise the will of God. Written in Latin by William Bucanus Professor of Diuinitie in the Vniuersitie of Lausanna. And published in English by Robert Hill, Bachelor in Diuinitie, and Fellow of Saint Iohns Colledge in Cambridge, for the benefit of our English nation, to which is added in the end the practise of papists against Protestant princes." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A69010.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 1, 2024.

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What doth this word Christ signifie?

IT signifieth Annointed (being deriued of a Greeke word that signifieth commonly to annoint) as Esa. 45.1.* 1.1 The Lord said to king Cyrus his christ, that is, his annointed. But in way of excellencie it is ascribed to the Sauiour of the world: who is called in Hebrew Messias,a 1.2 because he was annoin∣ted with the oyle of gladnesse aboue his fellowes, as we reade in Psalm. 45.8. And indeed he is that King, that onely Priest and Prophet

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which was promised vnto mankind.b 1.3

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* 1.1

〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.

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a 1.2

Ioh. 1.14.

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b 1.3

Psal. 2.6. & 110.4. Esa. 61.1.

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